An absolute cracker of a show with some great back-to-back moments such as Ted Taylor followed by SÃ¨yfu YohannÃ¨s. A real reminder of what we've been missing with CG confined by a world music remit and a half hour time slot.

Other favourites were the King Sunney Ade track which I liked way more than much of his later stuff I'm familiar with - so ahead of its time! It reminded me of Tony Allen's (early 90s?) Album 'African Voices' in it's cubist funk, spaced-out dubby vibe.

Even that quirky old Errol Dunkley track seemed to work juxtaposed to the sparkling new Severa track - who'd have thought it.

Excellent, it was so great to hear you filling a couple of hours, rather than squeezed into a handful of minutes as you are on the World Service. I've written to Radio 3 asking for more of the same, and I suggest others here might do the same. You never know...?

I haven't heard the program yet, so I hope I'm not duplicating something that Charlie said in relation to the Eliza Gilkyson record. Eliza's father, Terry, was a member of a 50s folk group called the Easy Riders, whose 3 members co-wrote Dean Martin's 1956 hit Memories Are Made of This, since recorded by lots of people, most remarkably, by Little Richard. In an interview with Bob Harris a few years ago, Eliza said that in the bit that goes -
Then add the wedding bells, one house where lovers dwell,
Three little kids for the flavor
Stir carefully through the days - see how the flavor stays?
These are the dreams you will savor.
- she was the middle one of the 3 little kids.
We sent a request for the song (Val Doonican's version, I think) to Housewives' Choice for our parents' 25th wedding anniversary, but it didn't get played.

Terry Gilkyson composed at least on other memorable song, The Bare Necessities from The Jungle Book.

Even at 105 minutes, I still feel time is a little tight for such diversions and excursions, but I may get more adventurous, who knows..

But in any case I probably would not have quoted the entry in Wikpedia which reports that easy rider - or C C Rider - "was a phrase used in black communities for a woman who had liberal sexual views, had been married more than once, or someone skilled at sex".

Excellent show, just reminded me how much I'd been missing the Saturday night programme. I intend to make the most of these three weeks, and let's hope the possibility of some future appearances for Charlie remains open.

I managed to find Radio 3. Sheer bliss. You sound as if you've done this DJ malarky before, Charlie. I liked the opening track (I bought the album when you played the thing in 2004) and thought it was a good track to suck in any innocent bystanders who happened to still be lounging around on Radio 3. And it just got better from there on...

This show was all very good & I loved every one of the songs in it. I kind of like the music of 17 Hippies. It was interesting hearing that one song by Bassekou Kouyate, from Womad Live, with the Mbalax drumming even. I have learned something.

Charlie, thank you for keeping up the great work. Just a quick note on the correct pronunciation of CesÃ¡ria Ã‰vora's name. The stress actually falls on the first syllable of her surname, not the middle. Phonetically, it's Eh-vo-ruh, not Eh-VOR-ruh. Thank you, also, for your exposure of Lusophone African music. Obrigado!

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2. Peter Sampson, Manchester

Hi Charlie,

it was great to hear you on national radio again - on last night's Kershaw slot on R3 - and I'm glad to see from my Radio Times that you're on again next week.

Does this mean that you are getting better now? I do hope so.

BTW I particularly enjoyed the Eliza Gilkyson track, Borderline, that you played - any chance of another by her next week?

Hello Charlie - I heard you when you sat in for Andy Kershaw on Monday (how is he by the way???) and you played a track by a group from Mozambique; I can't quite catch their name (and the playlist is not up yet) - is it Muzukas?

You said they used their music to educate people about water and sanitation and I am very keen to get hold of them as I could really use their music on a project we are doing: www.akvo.org if you are interested.

Thanks!

Anke

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4. Drew Gonsalves, Toronto, Canada [leader of Kobo Town]

Charlie,

Many thankyous again for playing our song and also for suggesting awhile back that I approach IODA regarding digital distribution for Kobo Town. We are hoping to come over to the UK and Europe in the spring (if all goes well, and bookers can be interested in a unknown band from across the water) and are grateful that you have been helping us in that effort by sharing our music with many many people who would not have heard it otherwise.

By the way, over the past while, my first encounter with a lot of different types of music has come through your show, and since this has often found its way into Kobo Town's sound, I also owe you another debt for creative inspiration.

Lovelly show, perfectly balanced. In fact maybe too perfect.
I do miss the edgy feel and spontaneity ( and even the odd wrong track) of the live show. Still, thanks be to R3 for keeping this slot going.
But in less than 10 years we will look back and wonder how the current media constraints on this world beating music could have been accepted.